The Dancing Men: The Mystery Men

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Canon Story: The Dancing Men
Title: The Mystery Men
Author: Mary Sutherland
Rating: PG-13

I had also every cause to think that there was some criminal secret in the matter - Sherlock Holmes.

Had I warned Hilton Cubitt about Abe Slaney on his second visit, might I perhaps have saved his life? Yet I did not know then of Slaney's evil reputation. My initial hypothesis was that, as with Henry Wood and Francis Moulton, here we had instead the case of a woman's preferred lover rather less dead than had previously been supposed.

Note by JHW: The cases Holmes refers to are respectively The Crooked Man and The Noble Bachelor.

The Dancing Men: The Hedgehog from Ridling Thorpe Manor

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Canon Story: The Dancing Men
Title: The Hedgehog from Ridling Thorpe Manor (The Return of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G
O/N: I must apologise for posting twice this week.  The hedgehog insisted that it was unfair that it wasn't allowed to contribute, just because it had shorter legs than the horse.

I have seen the stable boy leave messages for the house maid before, when they’ve been arranging to meet without being seen; but these were different.  The house maid was always happy when she saw her message and would laugh; but the lady was afraid.  The stable boy would look at the house and smile; the strange man was angry.

The Dancing Men: Concerned x 2

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Canon Story: The Dancing Men
Title: Concerned x 2
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: PG
Author's Note: A little bit of meta here. A couple of times recently I've used these 60s to tell Holmes what I think, but this time, I think he told me instead.


I debated what to say to him on the train. Hands folded and chin nodded, he was pretending to sleep.

Without "waking", he read my mind.

"I am fine, Doctor. In every sense. And no, you needn't worry so noisily that I'll be reaching for my cocaine bottle the minute we reach home."

"You still keep a bottle of cocaine?"

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Grey eyes finally flicked open. "That is not what I meant."

"It isn't what I am concerned about, either."

"Then what is? The case was sad; yes, I agree. Tragic, even, in an operatic sense. But tragedy is part and parcel of detective work. Not all endings are happy ones, as you and your readers should well know by now."